Garter



Nov. 11, 1930. w, KGMGSBERGER 1,780,931

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[12 ran for Patented Nov. 11, 1930 UNITEE STATS -WALTER KfiNIGSBERGER,OF BERLIN, GERMANY GARTER Application filed October 20, 1925, Serial No.63,620, and in Germany August 11, 1925.

My invention relates to garters or hose supporters, more especially suchas are adapted to support the leg portion of socks and which comprise acontinuous strip of elastic webbing and a self-securing clasp. It is anobject of my invention to provide a garter of this kind, which isdistinguished by siniplicity of construction, by cheapness, and by theease with which it can be adjusted by the wearer and the strip ofwebbing replaced. My new and improved garter offers finally the specialadvantage, that the adjustment to the desired length'may be done withoutthe necessity of overcoming friction resistance orother resistances bypassing the ribbon straight-way through a closed slot in the clampingdevice, and that after finishing the adjustment the ribbon may be fixedagainst any further undesired sliding in a most easy way bya smallmovement of the free end of the ribbon.

' In the accompanying drawings I have shown an embodiment of myinvention, wherein p i Figure 1 is a front view of the clasp; Figures 2and 3 are a front view and a side view respectively of a soft, pliablemember cooperating with the clasp in securing the strip of webbinginposition;

Figures 4 and 5 are a side view and a front view, respectively, of theseveral parts formin the garter, as assembled;

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing how the new garter may be used asa ring shaped garter encircling the leg.

Referring to the drawings, the new garter, according to the embodimentof my invention, comprises a strip of webbing 1c, preferably elastic,and two clasps, one at each end of the strip is, each being formed of arigid plate a (Fig. 1), and a pliable plate 9 (Figs. 2 and The rigidplate 0; may be made of metal, celluloid or some other suitable,substantially rigid, material. It has the form of an oblong tonguepresenting a keyhole-shaped aperture. This aperture extendssubstantially from one end to about the middle of the platea. Between itand the other end of the plate'is formed a transverse slot (Z having a;length and widthsubstantially equalling the width and thickness of thestrip of webbing 7a to be held therein. The end of the plate a adjoiningthe slot d is formed into a pair of inwardly directed hooks f. Thedistance between the base portions of these hooks is substantiallyequal, the distance between their free inner ends slightly inferior, tothe width of the strip, whereby the strip of webbing,;on being placedwithits lateral portions upon the hooks, will under the action of aslight] pull slip in of itself, the lateral portions giving way in aresilient manner and after having overcome the resistance offered by theinner ends of the hooks, returning to their normal positionautomatically. Fig. 5 shows the strip of-webbing in position in theindenture e. The strip of'webbing being passed first through the slotdand its free end introduced into the notch between the hooks and isdoubled up so as to extend in parallel to the plate a. If now a pull isexerted on the main portion of the strip, it will apply itself againstthat part of this portion which is acted upon by the hook-shapedprojections f, f and will create strong friction between this part andthe said projections, thereby counteracting any tendency of slipping andfirmly locking the strip in the plate. On the other hand the strip canbe unlocked and readjusted by the wearer with the greatest ease bymerely pulling the free end of the strip into a position at right anglesto the plate, thereby causing the lateral portions of the strip incontact with the projections f to double up and slip past theseprojections and to escape from the notch altogether. In

this position of the parts the strip can easily be adjusted relative tothe plate a by pulling at one end or the other, and can belocked anew inits readjusted position by once more placing the free end across thenotch and causing it to enter same. 3

The locking of the strip in the plate a is assisted by the pliable plateg, and which is attached to the plate a by means of a thread passedthrough registering holes n, n in the plates or and g. The pliable plate9 has formed therein a transverse slot 71 registering, when the plate isfixed in position, with the slot 03 in plate a, and the strip of webbing7a is made to pass through both these slots and I v a on being doubledup, as shown in Fig. 4, exerts pressure on theend of the plate 9', whichadjoins and slightly projects across the notch e, pressing same againstthe notch and against that part of the strip 713, which extends there-"a, so that th'enarrow edgeo'fthe plate 9 will project beyond the edgebordering notch V e and will partly cover this notch on one side,

thereby forcing the f-reewend of the strip hgainstthe hooks f.

Apart therefrom the edges of the slot' formedin the plate 9 alsotendto-frictionally relative to the plate a, unless acted upon in the Iengage the (strip and to prevent its sliding direction atright angles tothe plate; I

:The free-end of the pli able plateg carries-a knob h adapted-to beintroduced the wider I part of the keyhole-shaped aperture 6 and to slipinto the narrower part thereof, gripping in a well known mannerbetween-it and the plate the marginal portion of the sock or othergarment to be supported. In the embodiment shown in the drawings theplate a at the other end of the strip is formed without the notch andhooks, the strip of webbing being permanently held in the closed slot ofthe plate by its end being thickened in some suitable manner, as shownat 0, so as to be unable to'escape from the slot. The other end can bethickened in a similar manner, as-shown at m.

I If it is desiredtouse the garter in the formv of a. belt encirclingthe leg above or below the knee, the free end of the strip canbe passedthrough between the assembled plates aand g,

as shown for instance in Fig. 6.

I wish it"to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to theexact details of construction shown and described for obviousmodifications will occur to a person 'skilled inthe'art.

T I claim 1. Agarter comprising a. strip of webbing, a substantiallyrigid slotted member engaging said strip for free sliding movementthereon, a transverse bar bordering the slot in said member and a pairof inwardly directed hooks surmounting the ends of said bar, a pliablemember associated with the slot in said rigid member, so as to brake thesliding movement of said member relative to said strip, the free end ofsaid strip being engaged by said hooks and the free edge of said pliablemember beingarranged to force said free end against said hooks. I

2. Ina garter, a clasp comprising a rigid plate and a pliable plate,aneains securing said plates together intermediate their ends,

.said plates having transverse slots disposed forwardly of said securingmeans, said rigid plate havingrearwardly and inwardly extending fingersforming an'openslot rear wardly of said securing means, said pliableprojecting under said open slot, and an elastic webbingstrip loopedfirst upwardly through said lirst mentioned slots in saidv plates, thenrearwardly :over said securing means, :and then downwardly-through saidopen slot in said rigid plate beneath saidv afingers and above saidextend-ed portion of said; pliaib le 'plateh'awingarearwardlyextendingportion I plate, whereby said strip is lfrictionalilylheld f betweensaid fingers andsaid:extendedrpor-' tion of said pliable plate.

3. In agarter, a clasp comp intermediate their ends, said: plates havingtransverse slots forwardly of said securing means, one of said platesbeing of rigid ma terial and having rearwardl-y and inwardly extendingfingers formingan open slet there:

behind, the other of said plates elf :sottt between the-ends of saidfingers beinggrealter than the portion of the slot behind either of theinwardly turned fingers, whereby said rising la pair f of plates, meanssecuring said plates together 1 material and havingan extended portionprojeoting under said open :slot, the -opening strip may be sprung intosaid-open slot'llior I frictional engagement with said extended portionof said soft plate, or sprung out of said open slot for adjustmentpurposes;

4. In a garter, a clasp comprising a pair of platessecure'd togetherintermediate their ends, said plates being provided-- 'vrithsubstantially registering slots, one :of said plates being of rigidmaterial and having-rearwardly and inwardly extending fingers "formingan open slot therebe'hind, the other of said plates being ofsoftmaterial and having an extended portion projecting beneath isaidopen slot, an elastic strip of Webbing "the width of which substantiallyequals the mentioned slots and said open slot, the distance between theends of said fingers being length of said slots looped through saidfirst 1 such with relation tothe width of the strip that the strip maybe sprung between them without material longitudinal creasing, and

of said soft plate. a

In 'testin'ionyswhereof I have aflixedmy signature.

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'.will be retained in position behind thern'in frictional contact withsaid extended portion 1

